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A flush toilet (also known as a flushing toilet, water closet (WC); see also toilet names) is a toilet that disposes of human waste (i.e., urine and feces) by collecting it in a bowl and then using the force of water to channel it ("flush" it) through a drainpipe to another location for treatment, either nearby or at a communal facility.
Around that time, Harington also devised England's first flushing toilet – called the Ajax (i.e., a "jakes", then a slang word for toilet). It was installed at his manor in Kelston. This forerunner to the modern flush toilet had a flush valve to let water out of the tank, and a wash-down design to empty the bowl.
George Jennings (10 November 1810 – 17 April 1882) was an English sanitary engineer and plumber who invented the first public flush toilets.. Josiah George Jennings was born on 10 November 1810 in Eling, at the edge of the New Forest in Hampshire.
John Harington's toilet. In the 16th century, Sir John Harington invented a flush toilet as a device for Queen Elizabeth I (his godmother) that released wastes into cesspools. [71] After the adoption of gunpowder, municipal outhouses became an important source of raw material for the making of saltpeter in European countries. [72]
Thomas Crapper (baptised 28 September 1836; died 27 January 1910) was an English plumber and businessman. He founded Thomas Crapper & Co in London, a plumbing equipment company.
A dry toilet (or non-flush toilet, no flush toilet or toilet without a flush) is a toilet which, unlike a flush toilet, does not use flush water. [20] Dry toilets do not use water to move excreta along or block odors. [21] They do not produce sewage, and are not connected to a sewer system or septic tank. Instead, excreta falls through a drop ...
One of the more popular rituals is flushing ice cubes down the toilet, with the belief that the ice will cool the region enough to allow frozen precipitation to fall from the sky. ... The History ...
Joseph Bramah (13 April 1748 [1] – 9 December 1814) was an English inventor and locksmith.He is best known for having improved the flush toilet and inventing the hydraulic press.